The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years.

In the Donetsk region, Russian troops killed four civilians and wounded 11 others over the past 24 hours.

There were 253 combat engagements between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops over the past 24 hours, with the highest intensity of fighting recorded in the Pokrovsk sector, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 52 enemy assaults.

The body of Matthew Cameron Paton, 53, was found on Thursday, about 300m down a steep slope.

The U.S. Department of State has approved the military sale to the Government of Ukraine for Hawk missile system sustainment and related equipment, with the estimated total cost of $108.1 million.

Russian troops attacked an enterprise in the Myrhorod district of the Poltava region with drones overnight.

The total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, through May 22, 2026, have reached approximately 1,353,860 personnel, including 880 troops killed or wounded over the past 24 hours.

The Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration has delivered five pickup trucks to the anti-drone unit of a special police battalion. The vehicles were purchased using regional budget funds.

In Ukraine’s Donetsk region, police officers evacuated several families from the frontline town of Druzhkivka in the Kramatorsk district while under attack by enemy FPV drones, and also rescued civilians who had fled on foot from Kostiantynivka.

France is using its dialogue with China to urge Beijing to influence Russia and help bring about an end to the war against Ukraine.